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Kadeem France is really good at his job. While performing with
Loathe, his guttural screams and concussive growls reach into the human psyche to awaken something from our deep evolutionary past, something primal and aggressive. That voice, when combined with his commanding stage presence, turns France into a brooding, kinetic ringmaster for our inner beasts.
But in conversation, a very different Kadeem France emerges: easygoing, self-effacing, even downright cheerful. “When people speak to me offstage, they don’t expect me to be as outgoing as I am,” he says with a laugh. His musical influences may be dark, but he discusses them with a playful grin, clearly in love with what he does: “We’re big fans of horror and anything that shakes you to your core. But I’m numb to like 90% of
Ecca Vandal and rock rapper Up Late, according to Void Of Vision vocalist Jack Bergin.
“We felt free to get creative and branch out, and that lead to hitting up some people outside of our realm that could really take a track and flip it on its head,” Bergin says.
“The people I hand-picked for each track not only bring their own influence on board but also build on what was already such an emotionally heavy release,” the vocalist continues. “It’s fully shaken the album up and spat it out somehow even more powerful than the original.”
In early 2020, Void Of Vision headlined their own tour of Australia right before the
Album review: Loathe – The Things They Believe
Liverpool metallers Loathe challenge the boundaries of their musical universe with surprise instrumental offering The Things They Believe…
Words: Sam Law
Sometimes, you’ve got to play the hand you’re dealt.
A year on from the release of their astonishing second album I Let It In And It Took Everything, Liverpudlian alt.metallers Loathe should have been on the mother of all victory tours, giving their complex, cathartic sound full life in packed live arenas around the world. Instead, they’re stuck at home, frustrated by a stratospheric trajectory so cruelly cut short, and pent up more than ever having not yet truly expunged the tribulations of that record’s tortuous creation alongside their fans. Rather than dipping into defeatism, though, they’ve adopted and plumbed the aspect of their sound best suited to life in lockdown.